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"Sort Your Music": A tool to quickly sort your playlists + shake your money-makers

Writer: Zoe Bond
Zoe Bond
Nov 1, 2022
2 min read
[scroll through the Spotify playlist above to see the track progression]

Every summer, my parents throw at least one rager in the backyard. Everyone in the family (plus a special guest or two) is tasked with some form of party prep. This year my husband Marshall and me were asked to create a playlist for the party with a few parameters ...


"Must include Ted Hawkins,"Bring It On Home, Daddy,” David Lindley, and El Rayo X “Gimme Da Ting,” James, “Laid” & Talking Heads, “I Zimbra”... oh, and if it could be six hours long that would be great."

In the true spirit of procrastination, we put this task off until our drive to Eugene from Portland, Oregon. We started by listing all the bands my parents and their "hippy" yet also "hip" friends might enjoy. We came up with about 32 bands pretty quickly. From there, we decided to add two or three songs from each band to a playlist on Spotify.


But where do you go from there? Should we just hit shuffle and see how it goes? Nah.

We decided to consult Google and almost immediately found Sort Your Music. If you don't use Spotify (a cringy topic these days, I know), then this whole read is irrelevant.


Sort Your Music is a tool explicitly built to sort Spotify playlists by various parameters.


To check it out, follow this link and then follow these steps:

  1. Login with your Spotify credentials

  2. Pick your playlist

  3. Sort the playlist by clicking on the column headings in the playlist table

  4. Save the sorted playlist to Spotify


Sort Your Music lets you sort your playlist based on several Echo Nest song attributes, including:

  1. Beats Per Minute (BPM) - The tempo of the song.

  2. Energy - The energy of a song - the higher the value, the more energetic the song

  3. Danceability - The higher the value, the easier it is to dance to this song.

  4. Loudness - The higher the value, the louder the song.

  5. Valence - The higher the value, the more positive mood for the song.

  6. Length - The duration of the song.

  7. Acoustic - The higher the value, the more acoustic the song is.

  8. Popularity - The higher the value, the more popular the song is.

  9. Rnd - A random number. Sort by this column to shuffle your playlist.

We opted to sort our playlist by energy (decreasing energy to increasing energy), and as our spooky luck would have it, the last guest left the party as the final track played.


8 Comments


Lifehata
Sep 11

Иногда дополнительная информация помогает посмотреть на привычную ситуацию по-другому. Можно заглянуть по этому адресу, где встречаются материалы на разные жизненные темы.

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Infosaray
Sep 09

На вебсайті Infosaray є статті, які можуть бути актуальними в різних життєвих ситуаціях. Одного разу знадобиться матеріал про дім, іншого — про технології чи фінанси. Широка тематика дозволяє користуватися сайтом з різними цілями.

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Warren Buffet
Sep 07

I liked how the post turned a simple playlist task into a practical experiment, especially the decision to sort songs by energy rather than relying on shuffle. The ending was funny too, with the final guest leaving as the last track played. It reminded me of organizing workspaces and comparing options based on different needs, something I once explored while looking at Offices For Rent In Jeddah. Like playlists, good organization can make the whole experience flow much better.

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Robert Gandell
Robert Gandell
Jun 29

Sort Your Music": A tool to quickly sort your playlists . It clearly shows how quickly you can clean up and organize playlists, especially when dealing with large libraries and repetitive tracks. The idea reminds me of using a Thesis Statement Generator, where structure and clarity are quickly created from a messy starting point. practical for everyday music lovers.

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Austyn Harris
Austyn Harris
Jun 15

The idea of sorting playlists by energy and mood is really fun because it can make a long music session feel more exciting from start to finish. Last semester I spent hours making study playlists, and during that busy time I even looked into pay someone to take my math exam online while feeling stressed with deadlines and revision. Little tools that save time can make daily routines feel much smoother and more enjoyable.


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